Simon Cowell admits mistakes on first season of The X Factor

Here's a video of Simon Cowell from Monday's The X Factor press conference. He admitted that he made mistakes on the inaugural season here in the U.S. because he was too cocky.

He promised that the second season will be so much better. I hope so! But I really enjoyed this season and look forward to the finale this week.

From THR:

Simon Cowell admits mistakes were made on The X Factor’s inaugural season. Namely: being too British, letting too many votes go uncast and allowing too many deadlocks to decide outcomes that could have been decidedly different.

It didn’t take long before Simon brought up the earlier-than-expected dismissal of Rachel Crow. “The process didn’t work,” he said, “If everyone had done their job properly that week, the judges should have saved her.” Asked what kind of improvements he might consider for the future, he answered, “I’m not gonna change the system just suggest we do a better job in the future.”

It was a jab directed squarely at Nicole Scherzinger, who confessed, “the elimination process has been really hard… it’s something I could have never prepared for.” OK, so A&R executive is not in her future, but considering she was the one who gunned for the judging position -- after a very contentious exit by Cheryl Cole -- one has to wonder whether she can handle the responsibility of looking someone in the eye and saying, “That wasn’t good enough.”